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I think they're pretty clear in the article that the problem is that there is no centralized place to ship the waste. Having it sit out in the open where it nee

I think they're pretty clear in the article that the problem is that there is no centralized place to ship the waste. Having it sit out in the open where it needs constant security, next to a plant that close decades ago, is the sign of a political failure. They keep trying to put it in Nevada, but Nevadans aren't having it. They don't trust the federal government after being lied to about the dangers of the open-air atomic bomb testing that they carried out in the 1940s and 50s. I understand storage and bomb testing are not equivalent, but I don't blame Nevadans for being skeptical. The government should look someplace else at this point.

sandworm101 8y ago
With deep drilling (bore hole disposal) it can often be disposed of in situ, eliminating the need for transport and centralized storage.
kuhhk 8y ago
> I think they're pretty clear in the article that the problem is that there is no centralized place to ship the waste. We've been trying to solve this problem for years, but they're being contested and underfunded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_r...
- Pharmakon 8y ago
  Senators are moral imbeciles, and so it goes. Without a strong move in the senate to make this happen and damn the backlash, America is stuck with the rolling disaster that is their NRC, and decentralized ad hoc storage of spent fuel. It’s crazy, but it part of a long list of crazy and self destructive things that form the American status quo with “Senators are moral imbeciles” throbbing at their core.